Rand Fishkin
Co-founder & CEO, SparkToro
Summary
Google and Facebook account for much of consumer time online… but they are not the only gatekeepers of attention and influence, nor can marketers who spend 90%+ of their budgets and energy on these two sources alone expect to build resiliency, diversity of traffic, or competitive advantage. High costs of traffic, high competition, and low ROI are the hallmarks of efforts poured into these behemoths.
By expanding your marketing to sources like content, broader social, email, in-product marketing, webinars, podcasts, influencers, brand, PR, co-sponsorships, and more, you can dramatically improve not only your opportunities off Facebook and Google, but (ironically enough), on them, too.
